- Harpers Ferry in Allston closed tonight after more than 40 years. [UniversalHub]
- Ted Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy's former speechwriter, died Sunday at 82. [WCVB]
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The T station at Government Center will be getting a makeover that's scheduled to be completed in 2015. (And Bostonist can't help singing Jonathan Richman.) [Boston Herald]
The State Street T station is almost complete -- only four years behind schedule. [Boston Globe]
After 40 years of music, Harpers Ferry is expected to close at the end of the month. [Boston Herald]
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Girl in a Coma is a San Antonio–based trio who are inspired by Morrissey and have toured with Cyndi Lauper. They don't sound nearly as 80s as those influences might lead you to expect, though, incorporating more hardcore and rockabilly sounds for a unique sonic milkshake (note-shake?). The group's latest album, Trio B.C., is named for sisters Phanie and Nina Diaz's grandfather's Tejano band, and features cuts produced by Joan Jett. Nina's deep, affected voice together with Jenn Alva's bass and Phanie's drumming create a heavy yet poppy sound. Make your way to Allston on a rainy Sunday night for hot Texas tunes that will warm you up and get you moving.
With their self-titled debut, Hooray For Earth sought a middle ground between Nine Inch Nail’s industrial thrash and the grunge force of Nirvana’s guitars. The guitars dropped low, the sythns soared high and singer Noel Heroux’s voice claimed the milieu, double-tracked for that Elliot Smith sheen. With their follow up Cellphone EP, they captured the sounds of an exploding star with more focus on swirling, subterranean guitar textures and decidedly celestial synth tones.
Enter Shikari are either a concert promoter's worst nightmare or a dream come true. The U.K. quartet made mincemeat of the stage at Harpers Ferry last night as they used monitors like footstools, dragged mic cables through swarths of crowds like a leashed dog in heat, swung atop Harpers' supporting bars, drinking bars, and stacks of speakers like a monkeys gone mad, and managed to break a keyboard stand simply by placing frontman Rou's gigantic synth on top of it. And yet, despite the veritable structural breakdowns, a band like Enter Shikari is hard to come by; with the wave of a guitar, the scrappy youngsters managed to conduct a couple hundred eager, scrappier tweens in an hour-plus of fully-engaged mosh pit mayhem. All on a Monday night.
Together, rock and hip-hop carry out a tumultuous life in concert with one another. No doubt, hip-hop was born from the Jamaican-influenced style of mixing break-beats - in this case, of funk tracks rather than reggae—in a live setting so the electric-stringed instrumentals could keep a party raging all night. Although the greater umbrella of rock music's influence on hip-hop is dully noted, many attempts to combine both genres have been mixed at best. Yes, there's the famous Run-DMC/Aerosmith collaboration, "Walk This Way," which proved to be a knockout. But what about Limp Bizkit? Surely the former cannot be placed on the same level as the later.
Darkbuster's 3rd Annual Hometown Throwup
Or at least they need some sensitivity training. Via Universal Hub, we hear Harper's Ferry has some real racist assholes on its staff. There's one guy who was begging to be fired after insulting black hip-hop performer Bus Driver last week. Bus Driver promptly refused to perform, and the other act, Daedalus, followed suit. Etan at Basstown spoke with Regan Farquhar (aka Bus Driver) and his DJ. They say the sound guy at Harper's Ferry...
The U.S. Air Guitar Championship series is winding its way across the country and tonight descends upon Boston. The rock and its rockers will show their best air windmill moves and air thrashing at Harpers Ferry, the third stop on the 14-city tour.
A weekend stand of winning baseball at home when the Sox take it to the Angels followed by the all day boozy spectator sport that is the Boston Marathon it's going to be a long week. Lucky for music fans there's a lot to look forward to and keep you up all night with that lovely ringing in your ears that only comes from live music.
With a three day weekend on tap, Bostonist took a minute to give out the choicest selections (and some free tickets!!). So after enjoying the weather all day, there will be no reason to stay in at night. If your planning to drink yourself into oblivion on Monday, Bostonist salutes you.
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